🗣️new wire!!!🗣️ i had a hoot speaking with jennifer herrema (royal trux/black bananas) for this month's issue, feat. tales of pro wrestlers, seeing van halen live aged 10, meeting mark e. smith and not understanding what he was saying, &c. i also reviewed releases by felicia atkinson + dinosaur jr!

The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · yesterday

The Wire 511 is out now! Featuring Space Afrika on the cover, plus Nuno Canavarro, Lucy Liyou, Jad Atoui, Rump State, Primitive Percussion Youth Orchestra, Darla Quintana, Jennifer Herrema’s Invisible Jukebox, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/

Just Work. An all new comic about the gig economy, platform capitalism, delivery riders, and their battle for worker rights. You can read a responsive phone/desktop/tablet friendly online version of it - for FREE - here: tomhumberstone.com/just-work

Just Work | Tom Humberstone

Just Work

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had a god tier idea after three pints last night

me and @msclairebiddles.bsky.social

Josephine "beckbook.com" Riesman@josie.zone · 2y ago

The two genders

happy new music friday today I listened to scritti politti’s cupid & psyche 85 eight times in a row

excited to be spreading the word of Luki's masterful EP old feelings in the guardian today – like sondheim ballads played by mary margaret o'hara and you know i don't play with those references!!!!! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Add to playlist: the art-pop showtunes of Luki and the week’s best new tracks

Combining grand melodrama with nuanced emotional character, Lucy Duncan and producer Niac’s collaboration sounds both timeless and true

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This is tonight!!

Jules Scheele@julesscheele.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hi pals! Doing this great event with Pride House Glasgow next week: I will be talking about Orlando and my adaptation after a screening of Sally Potter’s beautiful film from 1992 - it’s gonna be so much fun! Tickets are available here: leapsportsscotland.beaconforms.com/form/d1ede9ba

for the tribune, I wrote about the uk aids quilt display in my hometown of wakefield, examining its status as a great work of populist art (communal, genuinely anti-establishment) in the wake of the city’s newly elected populist-right reform council tribunemag.co.uk/2026/07/monu...

Monuments of the People

An exhibition of the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt in Reform’s heartland captures the contrast between artistic and electoral populism.

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feels like this is everyone on the internet atm

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Josh Slater-Williams@jslaterwilliams.bsky.social · last wk.

Mike Leigh Says ‘Tender Loving Care’ Is Most Likely His Final Film Due to Illness www.indiewire.com/features/int...

remembering when the almeida did 16 hour live readings of the iliad AND the odyssey that you could stream online, i took the day off work both times and watched them both in full, loads of amazing actors reading, wish the video was still up!

slightly sore of head but extremely full of heart after last night’s incredible LWB show. what a joy to finally hear these songs live and to be in a room with so many amazing people 💕 ty @robertdallasgray.com x

life without buildings playing their first show in 25ish years at mono tonite, beautiful celebratory atmosphere with a million friends, perfect night, i love glasgow

my latest column for @lwlies.com is about THE VAMPIRE LESTAT, tonal reinvention and how switching genres can help expand story and character in sequels. read and subscribe! mailchi.mp/tcolondon/wh...

I was lucky to interview TWO of The Vampire Lestat's vampires last week, discussing the season finale. First up, Sam Reid had a lot of thoughts to share on regarding Lestat's narration in The Failures -- and regarding the ambiguity of whether Lestat ever performs that final concert.

The Vampire Lestat's Sam Reid Unpacks the Revelations in That Bold Season Finale

'He has been co-opted throughout his whole life'

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Here's my recap for episode 7 of The Vampire Lestat! A fascinating, complicated conclusion to the season, featuring the most disturbing horror sequence in the show's entire run.

The Vampire Lestat: The Long Table

In episode 7, “The Failures,” Louis has a gruesome reunion with Armand, while Lestat faces judgment from specters of his past.

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This article on zines by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social is a fantastically useful read and a treasure trove! Very happy to be featured along some wonderful zines. I sent the paper this pic but they didn’t have space to use it. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

hey guys I don't read this genre but I'm here to revolutionise it. I haven't read a single book that's done this.

back in the news

Lovely long piece in @theguardian.com on the recent resurgence of fanzines. @msclairebiddles.bsky.social has squeezed an impressive number of current fanzines in there... including mine. Click here to have a read: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk

Five decades since punk bible Sniffin’ Glue, DIY magazines are in rude, rich health. Their creators talk fandom, community-building and resisting the algorithm

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A brilliant celebration of current music fanzines from @msclairebiddles.bsky.social breaking away from that trope that music fanzines are just from the deep past 💗💗💗

claire biddles@msclairebiddles.bsky.social · 3w ago

a big piece from me on my one true love, fanzines, for @theguardian.com. tried to include as many beloved titles as possible— thank you so much to everyone who contributed their voices to this!

Brilliant @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on brilliant zine culture revival! Riso print and sell yours @burleyfisher.bsky.social! www.dumptheguardian.com/music/2026/j...

‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk

Five decades since punk bible Sniffin’ Glue, DIY magazines are in rude, rich health. Their creators talk fandom, community-building and resisting the algorithm

theguardian.com

a big piece from me on my one true love, fanzines, for @theguardian.com. tried to include as many beloved titles as possible— thank you so much to everyone who contributed their voices to this!

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

‘More real than anything you’ll see scrolling’: the radical resurgence of UK fanzines, 50 years after punk

big article is DONE out of office is ON it is ILLEGAL to ask me my opinion on ANY CULTURAL PRODUCT for the next week

New week, new Mindlessness. Issue #65 of our newsletter is out, ft. @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social, Barbelith, bible stories, Heathcote Williams, John Wyndham, Jules Scheele, The Sex Victims (1973) and more!

Ready to be aroused by a careless, unexpected word

ARC Festival. Andrew & Steven. The Speakers. The Invisibles. Orlando II. The Pilman Radiant 2: Contact. The Sex Victims.

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bragging about having seen my chemical romance at the barrowlands in 2006 in the guardian today!

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

‘I was there!’ Writers remember legendary gigs by Beyoncé, Brian Wilson, Britney, Oasis, Daft Punk and more

we're gonna be at @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social next weekend come say hello please!!!!!

Omipalone Press@omipalonepress.bsky.social · last mo.

We're sooo excited to table at @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of July! There are going to be so many thrilling and interesting artists and publishers there - find all the info on it here: arc-london.uk

gerard way onstage in glasgow tonight OR me in my flat reading grant morrison books

very happy to write the bio for my pals the yummy fur – new album absolutely rules!

Monorail Music@monorailmusic.bsky.social · last mo.

RETURN OF THE YUMMY FUR! Everybody Talks About The Weather with retail exclusive demos CD. glasgow grail. excellent write up by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social. monorailmusic.com/products/the...

new wire!!! soo excited to see @saving-throw.bsky.social interview fire-toolz for the cover!!! from moi: reviews of releases from mukqs, m geddes gengras, zoh amba, wild up + gloria mundi. buy a magazine!

The Wire Magazine@thewiremagazine.bsky.social · last mo.

The Wire 510 is out now! Featuring Fire-Toolz on the cover, plus DeForrest Brown Jr., Franck Vigroux, Tokyo Rockers, Carlos Giffoni, Labake Sabbath, Phil Coy, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Jukebox, The Wire Tapper 71, and much more. Pick up your copy here: thewire.co.uk/shop/